16在我们天然的生命里,我们绝不可能与别人是一。每一个天然的人都是乖僻的人、与人分开的人。……我们天然的人必须被基督吞没。我们必须学习如何在我们的灵里接触基督并吃祂。我们必须学习如何否认己,拒绝我们天然的生命,并凭基督而活。这样,主就要在我们里面涌流,把我们从泥土变化成为宝石。当我们与别人联结、相联并建造起来,神的目标就要达到(李常受文集一九六四年第四册,二四○至二四二页)。
16In our natural life…we can never be one with others. Every natural man is a peculiar man, a separate man…Our natural life must be swallowed up by Christ. We must learn how to contact and feed on Christ in our spirit. We must learn how to deny our self, rejecting our natural life, and live by Christ. Then the Lord will flow within, transforming us from clay into precious stone. As we are united, related, and built up with others, God’s goal will be attained. (CWWL, 1964, vol. 4, “The Vision of God’s Building,” pp. 176-177)